Sometimes the most enlightening experiments also happen to be the simplest. Conceptually, at least. A small array of instruments headed to Mars — in addition to one already there — holds the potential ...

NASA scientists have been firing a laser beam at a reflector on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) for the last decade, and recently they received a signal back for the first time. This is the ...

India made history last year when it became only the fourth nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon with its Chandrayaan-3 mission. This feat has only become more impressive as other landers have ...

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter successfully bounced a laser off of a cookie-sized mirror on Inida's Vikram moon lander in an experiment that could greatly improve the precision of future moon ...

An Israeli spacecraft from SpaceIL was launched Thursday, Feb. 21 and is aiming to touch down on Mare Serenitatis two months later. NASA installed a small laser retroreflector aboard the lander to ...

In March, Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander became the first private spacecraft to land successfully on the moon. In ...

LRO pinged India's Vikram moon lander recently as well. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) ...